The Andy Warhol Diaries Part 28

I worked until 8:00 with Rupert. He dropped me off at Chris's. We talked about different projects and then went to have dinner at the Coach House restaurant. One of the waiters, it turns out, was the kid who once brought me a drawing of mine he'd bought from somebody who got it at auction at Parke Bernet. But when I saw it, I knew it wasn't wasn't mine, so I wouldn't sign it, but I told him that if he came by maybe we could think of something to give him instead. It's a backwards Soup Can and I just don't remember doing it, although it really looks like I did it. But I don't remember that kind of paper. And it's backwards so I would have had to photograph it and then trace it, and I don't remember doing it. I didn't do that many drawings and they were all in such a short time. But I mean, if mine, so I wouldn't sign it, but I told him that if he came by maybe we could think of something to give him instead. It's a backwards Soup Can and I just don't remember doing it, although it really looks like I did it. But I don't remember that kind of paper. And it's backwards so I would have had to photograph it and then trace it, and I don't remember doing it. I didn't do that many drawings and they were all in such a short time. But I mean, if I I can't even really remember ... Dinner was good ($300). can't even really remember ... Dinner was good ($300).

Then Jon Gould had this friend named Lady McCrady who lives on Park Avenue who's done about twenty children's books and we went to her apartment and she had a lot of friends there from like Boston schools, and it was like being in the fifties, it was that kind of apartment-all the kids were like ballet dancers and artists and witty, like Jonathan Roberts, the boy who thought of the idea for The Preppie Handbook The Preppie Handbook. The apartment was painted sky. Jon knows most of these kids from some course in publis.h.i.+ng that they give during the summer at Radcliffe. Jon had a job at Rolling Stone Rolling Stone before he went to Paramount. before he went to Paramount.

Sat.u.r.day, February 14, 1981 Went to an opening at the Gray-Gaultney gallery and as we were leaving we ran into Governor Carey downstairs, and he said that I should tell the mayor to let Christo wrap Central Park in plastic, that it would give lots of Puerto Ricans jobs.

Sunday, February 15, 1981 Brigid went home from work on Friday and when she looked around for her cat, Billy, she couldn't find him. So she ran to the pet store before it closed and bought another cat! bought another cat! Can you believe a person would do that? For $300. Then she brought the new cat home and she heard a meow and opened the closet and there was Billy in a pail, so she returned the new cat. Can you believe a person would do that? For $300. Then she brought the new cat home and she heard a meow and opened the closet and there was Billy in a pail, so she returned the new cat.

My two nieces came over from Pittsburgh and I entertained them for a couple of hours. They look alike. And they look like they did ten years ago, they haven't aged. Went to church.

Monday, February 16, 1981 Got up at 9:00, it was a holiday. Presidents' Day-they've put Was.h.i.+ngton and Lincoln together and made it on a Monday.

Fred came in. n.o.body asked him about his father's funeral.

I worked on Myths-Dracula and the Wicked Witch. I look pretty good in drag, and I thought it would be fun for me to pose for it myself, but Fred said to do myself in drag at a later date, not to use up the idea on this portfolio.

How do you not get bags under your eyes? I know it's from water collecting, but oh, I just don't want to get them.

Tuesday, February 17, 1981 Yesterday I was watching a game show, Blockbusters Blockbusters with Bill Cullen, and it was two black guys, a warden and his cousin, against a white girl and the category was "Letters" and the question was: "Andy Warhol is a 'V.' "And with Bill Cullen, and it was two black guys, a warden and his cousin, against a white girl and the category was "Letters" and the question was: "Andy Warhol is a 'V.' "And (laughs) (laughs) she got the answer right, she said, "Virgin." And then Bill Cullen said, "That's right, at fifty-one." She won $500 and she got it up to $12,000. she got the answer right, she said, "Virgin." And then Bill Cullen said, "That's right, at fifty-one." She won $500 and she got it up to $12,000.

Oh, and I got a letter from Germany written in German about Bad Bad-it was official-looking and the only sentence I can read is so funny: "In this film they kill a man under a Volkswagen!" Volkswagen!"

Wednesday, February 18, 1981 Doria Reagan came by so that Brigid could teach her how to type up interviews. And then I invited her to stay for lunch. I didn't see any Secret Service but when Ron came over later to get her he had the five guys.

Thursday, February 19, 1981 I wanted to go pa.s.s out Interviews Interviews but it was too late. I had to meet Christopher Gibbs from England at the office (cab $5.50). Doria Reagan was there, typing away. And they really don't have one Secret Service guy with her, and she could be with baby. I mean, don't they care about the possible grandson? but it was too late. I had to meet Christopher Gibbs from England at the office (cab $5.50). Doria Reagan was there, typing away. And they really don't have one Secret Service guy with her, and she could be with baby. I mean, don't they care about the possible grandson?

And Brigid and I are finally going to see Mary Tyler Moore on Monday. She's trying to change her image so she's a problem-she didn't want to wear rich Halstons for the photos, and she didn't want to come to lunch with the rich Ba.s.ses and she didn't want to go to rich Quo Vadis for dinner-she wants us to meet her at John's Pizza Parlor on Bleecker Street.

And did I remember to say that Faye Dunaway called the other day? She's doing Mommie Dearest Mommie Dearest, playing Joan Crawford, and she wanted to know if I had bought Joan Crawford's heart pin at that auction and could she borrow it. But I hadn't. Faye just picks up the phone herself and calls, so she's fun, so maybe I'll call her her up sometime. I'll get her number from Ara. She might be good to do a story on. I just saw up sometime. I'll get her number from Ara. She might be good to do a story on. I just saw Hurry Sundown Hurry Sundown on TV and she was so beautiful. on TV and she was so beautiful.

I invited Jon Gould to see 42nd Street 42nd Street because he's looking for ideas for Paramount and I want to suggest because he's looking for ideas for Paramount and I want to suggest Popism Popism to him as a movie, so I brought a copy. Wouldn't it be great if he got Paramount to buy it? And then I could work on it with him, he knows so much-all these facts and figures and surveys-he'd really be a good person to get to know. to him as a movie, so I brought a copy. Wouldn't it be great if he got Paramount to buy it? And then I could work on it with him, he knows so much-all these facts and figures and surveys-he'd really be a good person to get to know.

Cabbed to Wintergarden ($4). From the first row, you can't see the feet tapping (laughs) (laughs), you can only see the knees. Then after the show we walked to the Russian Tea Room to meet Chris Makos who'd been to see Sphinx Sphinx and loved it. and loved it.

Monday, February 22, 1981 Jerry Hall called. She said that poor Mick has been down in Peru with the Herzog movie and it rains all day and he has to sleep on a wet mattress and Jason Robards was taken away with pneumonia to a hospital in New York and now he doesn't want to go back. And I invited her to lunch with the Ba.s.ses from Texas.

When I was on my way home I ran into Alan J. Weberman, the "King of Garbology" who was on the corner making a phone call. I knew who he was because he handed me a resume with all his garbage credits on it. He said he'd just been through Roy Cohn's garbage and Gloria Vanderbilt's. I think he began his career with Dylan's. I was scared that he'd see where I lived so I went in the other direction.

Finally got home, glued, and walked to the armory. It was Roy Cohn's birthday party. Black tie. The Mafioso types weren't in black tie, though. Steve and Ian didn't come because they didn't want the publicity. There were about 200 people. Lots of heavies. Donald Trump, Carmine DeSapio, the D'Amatos, David Mahoney, Mark Goodson, Mr. LeFrak, Gloria Swanson, Jerry Zipkin, C.Z. Guest and Alexander, Warren Avis, Rupert Murdoch, and John Kluge. And the reason I'm able to remember so many is because Joey Adams gave a speech where he mentioned everyone in the room.

I was talking to a guy and I said how terrible it was that they wanted to tear down this beautiful armory and he said he thought it was a good idea because he was in construction. They brought out a lot of cakes-each had one letter that spelled out "Happy Birthday Roy Cohn." Roy really got the press there, the Times Times and the and the Post Post.

Monday, February 23, 1981 Are called and said to meet Mary Tyler Moore at John's Pizza at 8:30 instead of 8:00 and I decided that I would just stay downtown and work until then.

Jay Shriver dropped Brigid and me off (cab $10). The place was empty because it was raining heavily. It's a small place, only about 20' X 40'. The owner had started to drink, he was nervous because we were coming. They didn't serve slices, only whole pies. Brigid was still on her diet so she just had Tabs. But the owner was offering her wine and he was showing her the sixty kinds of pizzas and she was going nuts. The temptations were making Brigid weak in the brain. The owner was smashed.

Mary and Ara came five minutes late and she was really sweet. The juke box was forties Sinatra and it was so loud. The owner had pulled up a chair and was part of the party. He'd had the New York Times New York Times review of the place printed on the napkins. review of the place printed on the napkins.

Well, Mary Tyler Moore is trying to be a new woman. Brigid told Mary she loved her crow's feet, which she does, but it sounded insulting. Brigid was trying to get the conversation around to plastic surgery but she let it drop there, she didn't pursue it. And then Brigid said, "There's only one thing I want to ask you-are you going out with Warren Beatty?" and Mary gulped and Ara gave a funny look, and she said, "Well, 'going out' is just, you know, 'going out.' " So that was never answered. Mary looks like an old Barbie doll. She's perfect-short hair, a beautiful body, like the mother of Barbie. She looks like Doris Day in the fifties. And she eats a lot. And later I noticed she walks fast and never looks at anybody so n.o.body ever stops her. She's a dynamo. Then some cops came in to pick up some pizza and they were so good-looking. I asked one of them if he wanted to meet Mary Tyler Moore and ask a few questions. This cop was really cute, he said he used to sing with a group called something like the Pa.s.sions in the sixties or fifties, and that they had a few hits. He asked her if she wanted to ride on a horse outside and she said yes, that she wanted to right then, but then he got nervous that something might happen to her, so he gave her an honorary police card instead. They were flirting.

Mary's studying political science and, I mean, with that voice, she could really be the biggest thing in politics since Ronnie Reagan. She goes to a psychiatrist two or three times a week. And then she got a craving for a hot fudge sundae so I said Serendipity was the best really good place and she liked the idea of that.

When we walked into Serendipity the whole place hushed-"There's Mary." We sat under the lamp that was in my living room thirty-five years ago. I ordered half a sundae and so did Mary and Ara.

And she's so "a.s.sured of herself" it's funny. Do you know what I mean? It's almost comical.

Monday, March 2, 1981-Paris We made a lot of phone calls to see to see who was in town, and then we got a car and we drove out to Chateau La Hori to this dinner that Bergitte de Ganay was giving for Charlotte Greville and her husband Andrew Fraser. They were there for the hunt. This is where the hunt has gone on since the days of old. Charlotte has forty letters of introduction, she can go anywhere in the world. But now somebody's trying to outlaw deer hunting in France. They actually let the dogs tear the deer apart. Or they knife them to death, or something. who was in town, and then we got a car and we drove out to Chateau La Hori to this dinner that Bergitte de Ganay was giving for Charlotte Greville and her husband Andrew Fraser. They were there for the hunt. This is where the hunt has gone on since the days of old. Charlotte has forty letters of introduction, she can go anywhere in the world. But now somebody's trying to outlaw deer hunting in France. They actually let the dogs tear the deer apart. Or they knife them to death, or something.

During the ride back Fred freaked out and it was just too embarra.s.sing. Everything was normal, and then all of a sudden he was a different person for ten minutes, and then he was normal again. The driver got really scared, though, and almost stopped the car (car $320). And then Fred was complaining that n.o.body ever is nice to him. Actually, we both were complaining-I felt neglected, too.

Sunday, March 8, 1981-Dusseldorf At the c.o.c.ktail party at Hans Mayer's house last night, there were a lot of people I'd done portraits of who I didn't recognize, so I thought they were potential new portraits, (laughs) (laughs) Oh G.o.d, no wonder people think I'm out of it. Oh G.o.d, no wonder people think I'm out of it.

We had breakfast with Joseph Beuys, he insisted I come to his house and see his studio and the way he lives and have tea and cake, it was really nice. He gave me a work of art which was two bottles of effervescent water which ended up exploding in my suitcase and damaging everything I have, so I can't open the box now, because I don't know if it's a work of art anymore or just broken bottles. So if he comes to New York I've got to get him to come sign the box because it's just a real muck.

Monday, March 9, 1981-Munich Very sunny and very cold. Went to the gallery where they were having a little exhibition of the glittery Shoes, and had to do interviews and pics for the German newspaper and then we had to go back to the hotel and be picked up by the "2,000" people-it's a club of twenty guys who got together and they're going to buy 2,000 bottles of Dom Perignon which they will put in a sealed room until the year 2,000 and then open it up and drink it and so the running joke is who will be around and who won't.

It was fun because all the men were really straight and it was fun being out with them. Some of them brought their wives. And it was an eight-course dinner with a lot of different wines during each course. The first food was fresh liver, the goose was just killed in the kitchen and the liver was just taken out and cut into slices and warmed up-half warmed by the heat, and half warmed by the goose. It was delicious, but after you thought about it you wanted to throw up. The second course was soup. Then lobster with baby quail-you got the breast of the little quail, as big as your fingernail. It was really good, but just so sad, like eating the chest of a roach. Then in between courses we had some sherbet and they made it look like Jackson Pollock because they pureed fresh kiwi and strawberries and threw them on a plate. Artistic. Then they had lamb encrusted and it was the best lamb I ever had encrusted.

And the different twenty men kept changing seats so they could sit next to me because they thought they could get some good conversation, but I was just absolutely drunk.

Thursday, March 12, 1981-New York Vincent told me that Bill Copley's wife, Marjorie the Czechoslovak madam from Pittsburgh-the one I just did the portrait of-walked out on Bill and went to Tiffany's and ran up a big bill, cleaned out their bank account. Took the two portraits. She always takes a private plane from Miami to Key West, and Bill was waiting at the airport for her with a bouquet of roses, and instead of her coming off this guy came off with a divorce summons.

Bill's body is now covered in third-degree burns. When they were down in Key West he was smoking in bed and she was asleep in another room and the two wh.o.r.es-friends of Marjorie's -that had flown down to Key West with her went out and when they came home at 5:00 they found the fire. He could have died. And she said she was asleep the whole time and didn't hear anything or smell anything, but the house was half burned down. The firemen had to come. Bill's been getting skin grafts and everything, he's had a few operations. It was really terrible. And he's always alone because she fired the a.s.sistant and the secretary.

Read my mail then went to the office (cab $5). Brigid was excited about getting an eye lift. She sent the money in already. And Ronnie was happy because he's got a rich girlfriend.

Johnny Pigozzi came by and he had a new camera that went in a circle and took a whole panorama, so I sent Ronnie out to get one just like it for me. And he was nice, I think because he saw me painting, and he always suspected someone else did it for me.

Cabbed at 11:30 to the Ritz ($5.50). They gave us free drink tickets, and Walter Steding went on right at 11:30 and was really good. It's so strange to see somebody who works for you as a janitor have that performing ability.

Friday, March 13, 1981 Brigid was typing up the tape of the day we went to Port Jervis to see Charles Rydell, and she said that after hearing herself she was never going to drink again.

Ara invited me to a party for Jack Nicholson at 212 East 49th Street at 11:30. It was wall-to-wall models. I told Jack how great he was in Postman Postman and that everybody thinks Jessica Lange is great. I talked to a kid who worked on the crew of and that everybody thinks Jessica Lange is great. I talked to a kid who worked on the crew of Cocaine Cowboys Cocaine Cowboys and he told me the real story of Tom Sullivan-how he'd been taking heroin for years, and that his mother drove a bus in Tampa. This kid said Tom's out of money now, that he'd made all his money flying marijuana -not cocaine-up from Colombia. And Winnie was at this party, she's getting a divorce from Tom. Stayed there till 3:00. Franco Rossellini was there. Bob Raphaelson was there, he's really nice. And Ara was really sweet. and he told me the real story of Tom Sullivan-how he'd been taking heroin for years, and that his mother drove a bus in Tampa. This kid said Tom's out of money now, that he'd made all his money flying marijuana -not cocaine-up from Colombia. And Winnie was at this party, she's getting a divorce from Tom. Stayed there till 3:00. Franco Rossellini was there. Bob Raphaelson was there, he's really nice. And Ara was really sweet.

Sat.u.r.day, March 14, 1981 I went to the Loyola church for the 11:00 wedding of the Michael Kennedy kid to Vicky Gifford. Fred was there (cab $4). The streets were mobbed with TV crews and police.

Churches always make me dizzy. They had pretty flowers on all the pews. The bridesmaids came in, and the funny thing with that was that when Bob was in Switzerland they were making up all the bridesmaids' gowns there and they were saying, "These are for the Kennedy wedding, they've ordered all these nightgowns." nightgowns." So here were all these girls in what I knew were nightgowns that cost probably $75 each. Purple with pink ballet shoes. Kerry Kennedy was a bridesmaid and Mary Richardson's sister. And then the bride came in and she was the prettiest bride I've ever seen in my life. Really the best-looking bride. It made you want to get married, it really did. I'd met her before, in Monte Carlo. She's Frank Gifford's daughter. So here were all these girls in what I knew were nightgowns that cost probably $75 each. Purple with pink ballet shoes. Kerry Kennedy was a bridesmaid and Mary Richardson's sister. And then the bride came in and she was the prettiest bride I've ever seen in my life. Really the best-looking bride. It made you want to get married, it really did. I'd met her before, in Monte Carlo. She's Frank Gifford's daughter.

Cab to the St. Regis where the reception was on the roof ($4). It was beautiful up there. I had to shake hands again. Robert Kennedy wanted to trade ties with me, and then he was peculiar, he wanted to trade pants. He's the other good-looking one, he was going with Rebecca Fraser. Really, these kids were all so good-looking, just a roomful of seventy-five of the best-looking boys and seventy-five of the best-looking girls, and then about twenty older people. Caroline Kennedy wouldn't talk to me, she was giving me the cold shoulder, I don't know why. But John-John was nice, he said hi and everything.

I went quickly through the receiving line. Senator Kennedy was so sweet to me and thanked me again for doing the posters for him. He and Joan were together at this thing.

I was invited to Stephen Graham's and then Franco Rossellini called and invited me to dinner at Le Cirque and we knew that President Reagan was having dinner there, too.

Walked over there and we got the worst seats, we couldn't see anything, so Franco took the best seats and he started describing to us every little thing the presidential party was doing. All of the tables had reporters having dinner to cover the president. The whole place was foreigners, Bob and I were about the only Americans.

Then we were leaving and didn't want to go by the president's table because it was too groupieish-everybody else was stopping at the table-so we went the other way, but then they called us over, Jerry Zipkin was yelling, and I met Mrs. Reagan, and she said, "Oh you're so good to my kids."

Then went to go to Stephen Graham's, to the Sovereign. A boy asked me to go home with him and I didn't know what to do because n.o.body had ever asked me that. I mean, in those words (cab $5). Bed. Then Chris Makos called. I knew he was calling from the Baths, and then he admitted it.

Sunday, March 15, 1981 It was a really pretty day. Chris invited me to brunch with him and Jon Gould but I thought the magic would be gone if I saw Jon in the day. But then I decided to invite them up to my house instead. So then I was too nervous to go down to the office-I stayed home and cleaned. Oh, and Jon told me the other night that he liked Popism Popism, but to Chris he said he didn't think Paramount could do it. But maybe eventually something will happen with it. Maybe it's too soon. Oh, and Jon said to me that he thought it was "badly edited" so I don't know if he's good at reading.

I got cake and tea together. Jon brought his dirty laundry to wash while they visited because at first Jon said he couldn't come over, that he had to do his laundry in a laundromat on Columbus Avenue and I told him I had a nice clean machine at my house. I want him to feel at home here.

Janet Villella called and said she was sending a car to the ballet.

We arrived at the Met. It was star-studded. It was a benefit for the Joffrey and the ballet was absolutely boring. It was just intricate s.e.xy dances. Got drinks at intermission ($20). Ron Reagan, Jr. was in the first part, but he didn't have much to do-he was the last boy in the last row with the last girl-but he dances a lot better, he's improved so much. And then in the second part he was sitting in the presidential box with his mother and father, and he and Doria were waving. They're going away again this month, so I don't know how Doria's going to get her Interview Interview work done. work done.

Monday, March 16, 1981 Mrs. Mahoney, who's the wife of the head of Norton Simon that bought Halston, slipped and told me that Halston was in the hospital and then said oops, and please not to tell, so I ran and called Bianca and she called Halston's and Mohammed lied and said that Halston was asleep and that Victor would call her later. I called the hospitals and they didn't have a Frowick or anything there. I wonder what's wrong with him.

It was rainy in the morning and not cold, but by the end of the day it was below zero. Mrs. de Menil and Mrs. Pompidou came down to the office, there were about six security people ahead of her and six people with her. She's tall and beautiful. And Mrs. Malraux was with them. I don't know if she was the widow or a daughter-in-law or what. I gave everybody Philosophy Philosophy books. And Mrs. de Menil is so skinny. She's building a museum in Houston, but she said to keep it a secret. Madame Pompidou only stayed ten minutes and then she went off-I didn't find out till later in the day that where she went off to was to see Nixon. And she said, "I saw your white hair from the Reagan box last night." She's part of the inner circle. books. And Mrs. de Menil is so skinny. She's building a museum in Houston, but she said to keep it a secret. Madame Pompidou only stayed ten minutes and then she went off-I didn't find out till later in the day that where she went off to was to see Nixon. And she said, "I saw your white hair from the Reagan box last night." She's part of the inner circle.

I waited at the office until it was time to go to Mrs. de Menil's (cab $4). Then Arman and his wife Corice were giving a dinner party afterwards for Madame Pompidou.

Wednesday, March 18, 1981 Tinkerbelle called to thank me for recommending her to the video people at That's Entertainment That's Entertainment, they're looking for a different Rona-type. She said she was going to have her agent call them.

I had a lunch date with Raquel Welch. She'd cancelled a few weeks ago and this was a rescheduling. She was bringing her husband this time. When we were originally having the lunch she requested that absolutely n.o.body else be there, but this time we already had about twenty people coming.

It was a strange lunch. Raquel and her husband only wanted to talk intellectually, so I gave them the works of PH and me-the Philosophy Philosophy book and book and Popism Popism.

And Raquel just sort of sat on the couch while everybody pretended not to look at her. She was interested in art so we gave them the tour. Susan Blond asked her if she'd like to go to the New Wave clubs and she said, "No, I'm trying to get the Old Wave back, because the Old Wave represents quality, not these young kids running around doing things." I mean, can you believe it? She said she gave a lecture at UCLA.

Bob was frazzled because he said that when you give a lunch that big you don't really accomplish anything, that n.o.body knows why they're there, whereas if you have it a small lunch, they know they're there to be talked into buying ads. Mary Boone didn't know why she was there, he said.

Anna Wintour who used to work on Viva Viva who got Catherine her job there came up to show Bob an idea for an who got Catherine her job there came up to show Bob an idea for an Interview Interview fas.h.i.+on insert that she'd worked on for three months because she thought it was a good idea, and he just looked at if for one second and said it was trash and she started crying. And she's such a tough cookie that I could never even imagine her crying, but I guess it was her femininity coming out. fas.h.i.+on insert that she'd worked on for three months because she thought it was a good idea, and he just looked at if for one second and said it was trash and she started crying. And she's such a tough cookie that I could never even imagine her crying, but I guess it was her femininity coming out.

Later we had to go to Bolero, the new club which advertises, so we went and it was so strange. It's like a brownstone and you go in and they put you in an elevator, and the doors close and it shakes you around and the lights go, and then the doors open and you're really on the same floor, on the other side! I guess they really wanted you to think you'd gone gone someplace. It's like a fake townhouse-paneled walls and a couple of candelabra. someplace. It's like a fake townhouse-paneled walls and a couple of candelabra.

And the ladies there said, "This area is sealed tight, and I think you know what that means- that means you can do anything anything in here, anything you want." It's such a camp. in here, anything you want." It's such a camp.

Thursday, March 19, 1981 I had to decide whether or not to ask Chris Makos to come to Europe with us and help me photograph buildings, and I decided I would.

Friday, March 20, 1981 We had to do our Rex Smith interview, Bob and I, so I decided it was easier to stay uptown because it was going to be at Quo Vadis. We fell in love with him. He had the curly Vitas Gerulaitis look but better-looking.

And then we heard a voice say, "Andy!" and it was Yoko Ono. We were so stunned. She looked so elegant, like the d.u.c.h.ess of Windsor with her hair back and dark wraparound gla.s.ses, and beautiful makeup and Fendi furs and jewelry-an emerald ring with a big ruby in it and Elsa Peretti diamond earrings. So I said that I wanted to call her for lunch and so she gave me her phone number. It was really strange, a whole new Yoko.

Monday, March 23, 1981 The story about Halston that Victor sort of just whispers in sentences that don't go go together is that he's still in the hospital-something like that his ceiling is mirrored, and the mirror fell on the bed and cut him, and then the silver from the back of the mirror got into the wound and infected it, but I don't know if Victor is fantasizing, being creative. together is that he's still in the hospital-something like that his ceiling is mirrored, and the mirror fell on the bed and cut him, and then the silver from the back of the mirror got into the wound and infected it, but I don't know if Victor is fantasizing, being creative.

Chris Makos came at 3:00. We were photographing a madonna named Jackie, with a baby, such a cute little girl, a really pretty baby. The madonna was like a beautiful version of Viva, more like her sisters.

Tuesday, March 24, 1981 As Vincent and I were paying bills around 5:30 we heard a couple of bangs but it just sounded like firecrackers but then we looked out at Union Square and there was a dead person on the street, it seemed like the police had shot the person, and then the TV crews were there and the lights were so bright that we could see the red blood around the corpse from the window.

Wednesday, March 25, 1981 Brigid weighs less now, you can feel her bones. Today or tomorrow she's having her eyes done.

Vincent was looking in the paper to get the story on the murdered person in Union Square, and he finally found it in the Post Post but there must have been a lot of drugs in the car or something, for the policeman to have fired five times. but there must have been a lot of drugs in the car or something, for the policeman to have fired five times.

I got dressed really quick to go to the Walter Hoving dinner for John Kluge at 635 Park. Ran over there and Hoveyda was going in at the same time and it was so great to see him, I asked him to be my date. I told him I've been meaning to call. Jane Pickens Hoving greeted us and it was a heavy bunch-the Trumps, the Bronfmans. And John Kluge and Patricia Gay are getting married in May.

Everybody at the party was so old, but I liked it. And everybody was so straight and married and I was the only fairy there. I also talked to a beautiful girl from California who's dating Andrew Stein who was there talking to somebody about budgets and he's good-looking and nice and smart. And then everybody was supposed to do some entertainment. Jane Pickens and her sisters were singers, they had a really big career. And they asked me to perform and I said that I just couldn't, but I took a picture and then I bowed, and they thought I was crazy. Patricia Gay is a raving beauty, 6' tall.

Thursday, March 26, 1981 Joan Lunden called in the morning and said she was expecting me for lunch at Le Cirque with her and Barbi Benton. Barbi was in town to do Joan's show the next day. But I knew Jed would be there, so I said I couldn't. Joan was Jed's girlfriend in high school in Sacramento and Barbi was his brother Jay's.

David Hockney came to lunch and Vincent did a video of him. And afterwards he went into the other room and did the interview. David's cute, he really is magic.

Julie Sylvester from the Dia Foundation who works for Heiner came by, and she said that Philippa is now trying to help poor people, she's giving them money, and I hope that doesn't cut into what she does for art, because she's really generous.

Barbi Benton called and invited me to Pirates of Penzance Pirates of Penzance and I told her I had other plans, which I did, but she said, "You're turning down a Playboy Bunny? n.o.body's ever turned me down! and I told her I had other plans, which I did, but she said, "You're turning down a Playboy Bunny? n.o.body's ever turned me down! You're You're the one who wears the pants-you can do anything you the one who wears the pants-you can do anything you want want to do. Just to do. Just break break your plans." So I said okay, that I would. I mean, she was so aggressive-henpecking me-that I had to. I said I'd pick her up at 7:30 at the St. Moritz, and I asked if a taxi was okay and she said yes. your plans." So I said okay, that I would. I mean, she was so aggressive-henpecking me-that I had to. I said I'd pick her up at 7:30 at the St. Moritz, and I asked if a taxi was okay and she said yes.

Got a cab fast. I discovered that I didn't have my small bills with me, just a hundred, so I had to borrow $20 from Barbi. She was seeing the play because she's determined to get the Linda Ronstadt part on the West Coast. She said that (laughs) (laughs) Sonny Bono is going to play the Kevin Kline part. Sonny Bono is going to play the Kevin Kline part.

After the show Barbi said that Joe Papp had cleared it for her to see Linda Ronstadt so we went to see her and it was such a camp, listening to these two talk. Linda wants to go into another play that's opening in the fall, and Barbi told her, "This has led your career into new and wider scopes. Now you're competing with Barbra Streisand." And they talked about how painfully shy each of them was. Rex Smith was there in his tight pants with his big c.o.c.k, and he looked at Barbi and said, "This "This is my new adventure," because when we did the interview with him he'd said that he was looking for a "new adventure." is my new adventure," because when we did the interview with him he'd said that he was looking for a "new adventure."

I invited Rex to dinner with us at Pearl's and he glued and rolled up a joint and turned down some phone calls and some other dates. Barbi looked so good, too, she looks really good. So we went over to Pearl's and didn't get there till 11:00, they'd already closed the kitchen but they waited for us anyway.

Rex was heavily going after Barbi and I asked him about his ex-marriage and he said it was to an older woman, that he liked older women, and he asked Barbi how old she was and she said thirty-one, and it was going happily until it came to "Are you you married?" and she said yes, and then Rex was a deflated balloon and the dinner was sort of over. married?" and she said yes, and then Rex was a deflated balloon and the dinner was sort of over.

I left Rex walking on the street, sort of turning around but then-I don't know-maybe they had made a date, because he was walking toward the St. Moritz, but I don't know. Barbi had to get up at like 5:30 to be on Joan Lunden's Good Morning America Good Morning America show. show.

Friday, March 27, 1981

We had another madonna and child scheduled for 3:00 and I just know this series is going to be a problem. It's just too strange a thing, mothers and babies and breastfeeding.

Sat.u.r.day, March 28, 1981 I got to Halston's at 9:45. Steve Rubell was there and Ian. Halston's fifteen pounds lighter and he was drinking ginger ale. He told me the real story of what happened. He said that he and Martha Graham both shot up B-12, which I knew, but that a syringe he'd been sent was contaminated with lead, and his leg began hurting, and he went to the doctor, and the doctor said he should rush to the hospital but Halston said no, he'd just go home, but then the other leg started hurting and he could hardly walk, and then they rushed him to the hospital, they thought he might lose the leg, and they operated. I think this is all true, because Halston doesn't make up stories, he really doesn't. He was happy that it didn't get in the papers.

Then we left there and Steve didn't tell Halston but (laughs) (laughs) he was then going on to Calvin Klein's. Steve dropped me and I went to John Samuels's father's party at 123 East 79th Street. John Samuels, Sr.'s boyfriend, David, played the piano and he said that he practices five hours a day. Mr. Samuels met him when he hired him to be his piano teacher. They had nice flowers there and David told me, "Pluck a gardenia on your way out or I'll never speak to you again." he was then going on to Calvin Klein's. Steve dropped me and I went to John Samuels's father's party at 123 East 79th Street. John Samuels, Sr.'s boyfriend, David, played the piano and he said that he practices five hours a day. Mr. Samuels met him when he hired him to be his piano teacher. They had nice flowers there and David told me, "Pluck a gardenia on your way out or I'll never speak to you again."

Sunday, March 29, 1981 There was a Greek parade going on and I don't know why it should be so big, unless-oh that must be it, Governor Carey has that new Greek girlfriend.

And oh, there was an article on Lou Reed in People People. With his "British-born" wife. I still don't understand why I wasn't invited to the wedding. They had a big reception and everything.

Monday, March 30, 1981 It was warm and rainy. I stayed uptown because Bob and I were interviewing Dominique Sanda at Quo Vadis at 1:00. They thought we'd said a table for twelve so we had a lot of room. Bob and I fell madly in love, she was so wonderful, so magic. Bob and I were wide-eyed. And when Bob's Bob's a pushover, you know it's love. She giggles. And she speaks perfect English, except with a little British accent. She said that she just decided one day that she hated her last name and named herself Sanda, I think her name has a lot to do with the mystique. Then afterward she wanted to walk in the rain, so we gave her an a pushover, you know it's love. She giggles. And she speaks perfect English, except with a little British accent. She said that she just decided one day that she hated her last name and named herself Sanda, I think her name has a lot to do with the mystique. Then afterward she wanted to walk in the rain, so we gave her an Interview Interview for a rain hat and she went off walking. for a rain hat and she went off walking.

Sharon Hammond was having a birthday party. Went over there and it was really festive. I guess everybody had been so nerved up by Reagan being a.s.sa.s.sinated but he's going to make it, they were relieved. Sharon's lord was there. I heard Lester Persky talking to some other producer about Popism Popism and he said he wanted to "buy it," but since it was Lester talking I didn't know if he meant the film rights or just a copy of the book. and he said he wanted to "buy it," but since it was Lester talking I didn't know if he meant the film rights or just a copy of the book.

Wednesday, April 1, 1981-New York-Paris We dropped off Chris Makos at the Hotel Lenox at 9 Rue de l'Universite, and then us (cab $50). Rocksavage was having sort of a little dinner party.

Thursday, April 2, 1981-Paris Helmut Newton came over at 12:00 to do one of his fas.h.i.+on shootings, and they brought in these big bouquets of pretty flowers which they eventually let us keep, and Helmut finally came and let me take pictures of him and his pretty model.

Late that night Christopher encouraged me to call Jon Gould in California so I did, it was 5:00 there, and I was pretending to be sober, so I had this great sober voice, which I don't know how I did it, and the secretary said that he was in a meeting, and he'd be out in fifteen minutes, and he'd be sure to call me, and then she asked if it was all right to call me "Andy" because I was her G.o.d and she was so familiar that I just knew something was wrong, I knew he would never call back. But I sat around waiting for the call and I must have dozed off, but I'm sure the phone never rang. And then Fred arrived and he brought a whole gang with him, and it sounded like they were rowdy Frenchmen, they had these horrible voices and I didn't know who they were and they just went on and on and on, and Fred played "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" at top volume and I thought I would freak out. I was feeling so desperate because my phone call never came through that I almost wanted to kill myself. That's the way life goes, kiddo. Fred's friends didn't leave until 4:00 in the morning. I looked out the window when I heard them going and they didn't look so great to me, but Fred said that they were rich kids.

Friday, April 3, 1981-Paris Woke up at 12:00 because we were having our lunch with Sao Schlumberger at Maxim's (cab $12). And Sao was sitting there alone, she was afraid that we'd forgotten about her. She gave us wonderful ties from India. She'd just been there with Patrice Calmette. She talked about how she'd been "too open" with her last friend, Naguib, so everyone said there was-that she should, uh-that the best way is-well, I guess I can't remember because n.o.body knew knew what the best way is. what the best way is.

Then after lunch we decided to go see the Gainsborough show, a lot of beautiful people and their dogs. And then we were so close to Givenchy that we all decided to go to Givenchy and Hubert came down in a white smock and showed us around and we had the best time.

Sat.u.r.day, April 4, 1981-Paris I took a Valium and almost took a nap but then there were lots of phone calls and we invited people over for drinks-like a guy named Yorgan, I think, brought two funny people from England-Vivienne Westwood who designs clothes, and Malcolm McLaren who managed the s.e.x Pistols.